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Below is a complete schedule of events for Fairmount’s Bastille Day Celebration, July 8th-11th. For details on any of the events below visit Eastern State Penitentiary’s website here.

Thursday, July 8

3:00pm-7:00pm – Shop like a “Frenchie” at the 22nd Street Farmers’ Market

4:00pm – Buttercream Cupcake Truck goes French

7:00pm – Fairmount Fling Bar Crawl

Friday, July 9

Fairmount Goes French!

Kronenbourg 1664 beer, French wine specials, specialty drinks, and French Menu Items

8:00pm – Movie Screening @ Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Park

Saturday, July 10

2:00pm-6:00pm – Fairmount Bastille Day Festival

10:00am- Tours of Eastern State Penitentiary (Admission)

2:00pm- Fairmount Pet Shoppe Parade

2:30pm- Career Wardrobe French Fashion Show

3:00pm- Tricycle Tour De France- 22nd & Aspen

3:00pm- Live Musice by Musette

5:15pm- Costume Contest

5:30pm- Storming of the Bastille Re-enactment

Saturday Night- Twilight Tours of Eastern State Penitentiary (Admission)

Sunday, July 11

French Champagne Brunch

Eastern State Penitentiary’s 16th annual Bastille Day celebration on July 10th is just around the corner. Complete with a street festival, pet parade, costume contest, kid activities, and so much more the day is always a Fairmount favorite. The street festival is topped off with the annual Storming of the Bastille when Marie Antoniette tosses Tastykakes over the side of Easter Statess walls. For complete event information, and details on activities leading up to the festival, visit Eastern States’ Bastille Day website here.